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05-26-2007, 02:39 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3
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Survey For Diabetics please reply but you dont have to fill out all spaces if you dont want to but it would be helpful:
How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
How long have you been a diabetic for
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
How does it affect your day-to-day life
How does it affect the lives of people around you
Is your budget affected
Should people feel sorry for you
Does it affect your job
Would you choose not to be a diabetic |
05-26-2007, 03:32 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,886
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Originally Posted by suubman  Survey For Diabetics please reply but you dont have to fill out all spaces if you dont want to but it would be helpful:
How do you fell personally about being a diabetic | Victimized, Branded, Been told what you cannot eat, Just another druggie and so on. 
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Have you suffered any verbal insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
| Not a insult but been told that i can or cannot have.
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How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
| None so far.
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How long have you been a diabetic for
| 36 years and still counting.
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Do you receive any financial assistance
| No but i wish i did. 
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How does it affect your day-to-day life
| Dramatically!!
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How does it affect the lives of people around you
| It's just the diet that you are labeled with "A Diabetic" tag. For instance you are in a plane and you are about to have dinner and you see a tag "Diabetic". 
A little as my government do subsidize my need. 
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Should people feel sorry for you
| No but understand. 
Yes, Again the victimization.
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Would you choose not to be a diabetic
| Yes!!! |
05-26-2007, 03:36 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic its a daily challenge to monitor and maintain the best blood glucose results that i can
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic no
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment no
How long have you been a diabetic for exactly one year today!
Do you recieve any finacial assistance not required as i live in uk so all treatment is free
How does it affect your day-to-day life i have to watch what and when i eat but apart from that no affects
How does it affect the lives of people around you it doesnt
Is your budget affected no
Should people feel sorry for you definately NOT
Does it affect your job no
Would you choose not to be a diabetic of course! i'm curious to know what exactly you will be doing with this information please]
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05-26-2007, 04:12 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,371
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabeticit has been part of my life for 30 years I don't know how to really feel without it anymore
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabeticnope
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassmentnope
How long have you been a diabetic for30 years on July 17
Do you recieve any finacial assistance nope but I did get some of my master's paid for due to 2 medical conditions and diabetes was the culprit...
How does it affect your day-to-day life other than the testing etc...it doesn't really like I said after 30 years it is just part of my day
How does it affect the lives of people around youI guess it doesn't no one ever has said anything .....
Is your budget affectedwell it is not as bad as it use to be but do I want to spend money on med...NO
Should people feel sorry for youOH **** NO
Does it affect your jobnot really I do miss 3 days of work a year due to appointments but other than that NOPE....I teach special ed so technically there is something wrong with all of us
Would you choose not to be a diabeticIf I had to choose I would rather be diabetic than autistic, mental retarded etc... but If I choose for no illness than yes but it is not a perfect world
__________________  Belinda
"- work as if you don't need money, - love as if you've never been hurt, -
dance, as if nobody can see you, - sing, as if no one can hear, - live, as
if the Earth was a heaven."
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05-26-2007, 10:12 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Do Dah, OZ, aka Kansas
Posts: 4,533
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Originally Posted by shabbie6247 i'm curious to know what exactly you will be doing with this information please] | Here, found your answer; in the introductions-and-announcements post |
05-26-2007, 02:06 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 543
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
I'd rather not be.
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
No. Only some really silly questions.
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
No.
How long have you been a diabetic for
19 years
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
Hah! not in the US and of A.
How does it affect your day-to-day life
Only as to keeping up with pills, insulin, and testing stuff.
How does it affect the lives of people around you
Hardly at all, except those very very close.
Is your budget affected
Of course. All the meds cost money.
Should people feel sorry for you
Of course not! what an inane question.
Does it affect your job
Only in the most minor ways. Nothing to cause a problem.
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
Of course! That's a bit like asking if I would prefer to not be dead.
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05-26-2007, 02:27 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
Posts: 976
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
Any day above ground is a good one. I could have worse things.
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
Not that I know of...
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
If sticking myself with various sharp objects numerous times per day counts as physical abuse, then yes. Otherwise, no.
How long have you been a diabetic for
Too long.
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
From whom?
How does it affect your day-to-day life
It is an inconvenience.
How does it affect the lives of people around you
I guess you'd really have to ask them.
Is your budget affected
Congratulations! You proved the rule! The one that says "There are no stupid questions."
Should people feel sorry for you
Why should they?
Does it affect your job
Not as far as I am concerned, but it may affect my co-workers when they come by my cube and see me injecting into my abdomen. Hmmm, come to think of it, to answer your other question, I guess it does affect others around me
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
There you go proving that rule again. You should apply to be in the Guiness Book of World Records.
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05-26-2007, 03:13 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,131
| | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic?
Personally, I feel fine. It's a condition that I'm in control of (most of the time), and I'm still alive, healthy & well...Besides, we All have off days, regardless of whether we have Diabetes or not. Have you suffered any verbal insults or abuse because you are a diabetic?
I've had some stupid remarks (verbal insults) along the way, but truthfully, people Often say foolish things (regardless of the subject), lol. How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment?
No, I think people know better than to put their hands on me, or the "wrath of Dew" shall fall upon them!  How long have you been a diabetic for?
Over 25 years. Do you receive any financial assistance?
No. Never have. I've received insulin from a friend here, when I was in need. How does it affect your day-to-day life?
It's just a part of my life & existence. I take care of it & live like anyone without the disease, really... How does it affect the lives of people around you?
If I have lows, family helps me out...sometimes, my mom or sister get overbearing, but my husband deals with it very well & knows exactly how to treat me, lows and all. I also have a close friend (who lives with us) who helps if I need it. Is your budget affected?
Yes, somewhat. I think most people, regardless of the ailments they're afflicted with, experience financial burdens of some sort along the way. Should people feel sorry for you?
Not only NO, but HE** NO!
I'm not a "victim," am not helpless, and the last thing I'd ever need is someone to feel pity for me! Does it affect your job?
It has only a couple of times (when blood sugars went low), but for the most part, no. Would you choose not to be a diabetic?
No, I would NOT choose not to be Diabetic. I could think of many diseases that are a HE** of a lot worse. At least we Can control our Diabetes....unlike Cancers, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and so many other ailments!
I also feel that Diabetes has helped me to help others & meet wonderful people I would never have otherwise known. As you can see, I'm very positive about Diabetes. Life's a gamble, no matter what we do....might as well make the most of it & take care of ourselves as best as we can.
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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"We ALL have our own opinions & beliefs...But I'd appreciate folks a he** of a lot more if they didn't belittle one another when they disagreed!!!"
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MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
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05-26-2007, 04:40 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grove City Ohio
Posts: 2,116
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Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
| Nope not at all Quote: |
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
| Only when my dog takes off with pump in mouth because she thinks it is a toy! Quote: |
How long have you been a diabetic for
| April 1990 was my Dx date. Quote: |
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
| No, none at all Quote: |
How does it affect your day-to-day life
| I don't think it does at all. I am just like anyone else. Just have a pump attached to me, that's all Quote: |
How does it affect the lives of people around you
| Not at all. I only have to pay $700 out of pocket per year for my stuff, so I don't think it does. Quote: |
Should people feel sorry for you
| Not at all Nope not at all Quote: |
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
| If it was being diabetic or nothing, then yes. But to trade for something else, I would rather stay diabetic.
__________________ Jim  Diagnosed April 1990 Pumping with the Clear 722 along with the CGMS
Last A1C 7.1 ( February 2008 ) Diabetes & Endocrinology Center Of Ohio Website Proud Fan Of NASCAR Nextel Cup Driver Jimmie Johnson, Lowes #48 the 2006 AND 2007 Nextel Cup Champion. The opinions expressed are mine alone and do not necessarily represent
those of my wife who runs our house and makes more important decisions
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05-26-2007, 05:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: new zealand
Posts: 254
| | | i'll answer as best i can!
how do you fell personally about being a diabetic?
quite strongly. it has had a huge impact on who i am today.
have you suffered any verbal insults or abuse because you are a diabetic?
no. just ignorant comments, but nothing actually aimed at attkcking me.
how you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment?
no never.
how long have you been a diabetic for?
fourteen years.
do you recieve any finacial assistance?
not at all, though when i was a child i did.
how does it affect your day-to-day life?
only that i get really annoyed about people's ignorance. it can be frustrting, but you move past it and realise you can't keep feeling sorry for yourself, you have to live life, however it's delt to you.
how does it affect the lives of people around you?
not sure you'd have to ask them.
is your budget affected?
yup all the time, i cover all my pump consumables and well, everything.
should people feel sorry for you?
definatly not. i don't feel sorry for anyone else. and i HATE it when people feel sorry for themselves about this condition, it really bugs me.
does it affect your job?
nope. but i do work with a bunch of thousand year old nurses who tell me what to do all the time!
would you choose not to be a diabetic?
i can't answer that. because it's had such a profound impact on who i am, i honestly don't know.
__________________ money can't buy you friends, but you get a better class of enemy" - spike milligan
diagnosed april 1993, age 10
was on MDI until april 2005, when started on cozmo pump (purple).
i'm a nurse and the medical profession scares me sometimes  |
05-26-2007, 06:41 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 990
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
I'll skip this question.
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
No. That would be strange.
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
No, Again, that would be odd.
How long have you been a diabetic for
14 years
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
No
How does it affect your day-to-day life
Take prescription medicines daily. Take supplements daily. Must eat carefully, sometimes must bring meals where others can simply eat what is available. Test blood sugar level 5 times daily. Have brief conversations with family about "how I'm doing." Read books, journal articles, internet sites, participate in this discussion site daily. Am more careful to exercise than I would otherwise be. Eat differently than I did before diabetes. Spend more on food than I used to. Spend more on prescription meds and supplements than I used to. Go to doctor more than I used to.
How does it affect the lives of people around you
I'm always talking to my family about my current blood sugar levels, what affects my Blood glucose levels in what ways. I talk to them about research & opinions I've read about. They listen to me a lot on the topic, and have gotten quite an education. They encourage me to "keep it up" when I'm handling things well for my health. Occasionaly, they are afraid for me, especially in the past when my medications were causing me so much trouble and my quality of life was not so good because of side-effects, especially hypoglycemic episodes.
Is your budget affected
Yes, I spend about $52/month on co-pays for precscriptions. "Co-pay" is the portion of the presciptions that my private insurance does not cover. I spend about $45/month on supplements that I would not buy if I were not diabetic. I buy a more elaborate private insurance than I would otherwise. It costs $900 per month, not including the portion that is paid by the employer. I make co-pays in the doctor's office of about $90/year. In exchange for her access to subscription medical journals, I waive my usual tutor's fee of $40/hour to a research technician who is also going to nursing school. I sacrifice about $320/month through the waiver, but it gives me access to any journal I need, plus her own knowlege as an endocrinology research chemist. I aslo spend more for food than I would if I did not have diabetes. Pre-diabetes, I ate a very inexpensive, high carbohydrate diet with lots of beans, lentils, rice, bulghur, pasta, bread, tortillas, potatoes, winter squash---cheap foods. Now I eat more meats, cheeses, eggs, and tofu than I used to--these cost me more.
Should people feel sorry for you
Pbbbt. Doesn't make any difference to me. I'd prefer that they understand the condition rather than just emote over it.
Does it affect your job
It used to: When I had a lot of side-effects from medicines, I could not even get a job, I was too disabled by diarrhea and nausea from metformin medicine for one and a half years. Then I had so many hypos from a sulfonylurea med that I could not figure out how to survive in someof the jobs that I otherwise might hire for. But now meds are not causing me problems and I can work. I do need to work where I can stop to check blood glucose and once in a great while eat if necessary. So if I can't stop the production line --so to speak-- for a moment, then I can't do that particular work.
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
Yes. But there are a lot of life problems of lot more difficult than diabetes, so if we all have to choose a bucketful of problems, I'd put diabetes in my bucket before any number of other troubles.  |
05-26-2007, 07:26 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 16
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Originally Posted by suubman Survey For Diabetics please reply but you dont have to fill out all spaces if you dont want to but it would be helpful:
How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
I feel upset because I already have illnesses to deal with, like having Pan-Hypopituitarism and being Legally blind. I sometimes also feel grateful because I am in some senses more healthier .
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
NO I have not.
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
No.
How long have you been a diabetic for
If you can answer that question for me I would be really grateful, because no one seems to know.
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
NOpe
How does it affect your day-to-day life
In a lot of ways: meal planning, scheduling more physical activity time, testing blood sugars when it isn't a convenient time, (I am an elementary school teacher. You just can't stop in the middle of a lesson to do this. 7 year olds don't have much patience.
How does it affect the lives of people around you
Sure does!
Is your budget affected
Sure is. Eating healthier costs more.
Should people feel sorry for you
No, but they should be more considerate and have more understanding.
Does it affect your job
Yup.
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
Yes. This is not a fun illness. It is a very serious one that affects all aspects of your body. | This is an interesting survey. I hope I helped in some way. What will you do with the results? |
05-26-2007, 07:34 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 141
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic? At first I was shocked and now I am resigned. I was doing well and thought I was 'cured' or something and went back to my bad habits and found out there is no cure. So now I have resigned myself to changing my life for good instead of just a few years. This doesn't go away, I am just realizing this.
Have you suffered any verbel insults or abuse because you are a diabetic? No I haven't at all.
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment? None
How long have you been a diabetic for? Almost 3 years
Do you recieve any finacial assistance? I have insurance.
How does it affect your day-to-day life? I have to watch what I eat and I cannot indulge when someone brings goodies to work. When everyone else is eating cake or cookies or something else, I am eating veggies or non-fat yogurt or low fat cottage cheese.
How does it affect the lives of people around you? My husband has lost weight, but he needed to anyway. My mother doesn't believe I have it because no on in the family has ever had it.
Is your budget affected? Not really I am just spending the grocery money on fruits and veggies and lean meat more and forgoing beer and chips (or crisps) and doughnuts.
Should people feel sorry for you? Why?
Does it affect your job? Why should it really? I just have to excuse myself to test and/or eat now and then but I am allowed to have a break every two hours so that isn't a problem
Would you choose not to be a diabetic? Probably but life doesn't run to those kind of choices. Or apparently I already made the choices to be diabetic, by eating poorly, smoking and not excercising as much as I should have. Now I have quit smoking and am back to trying to eat properly and maybe one day I will get it in gear about the exercise, but as I have learned, I always will be diabetic. |
05-26-2007, 07:44 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ohio
Posts: 550
| | | How do you fell personally about being a diabetic
Diabetes has been a part of me for a long time, so I live with it. It could be worse.
Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
No. I hear an occasional misinformed comment about diabetes in general but they're not directed at me and I generally try to correct what's been said.
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
No
How long have you been a diabetic for
going on 37 years
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
No
How does it affect your day-to-day life
My entire day is affected by, almost revolves around diabetes. I test before each meal, after each meal, before bed, before and sometimes during driving (which I do a lot of while working) and whenever I feel I may be low. I always have to consider how whatever I do, like eating and exercise, can affect my BGL. I need to count how many carbs I'll be eating, remember to take the proper amount of insulin for what I eat and adjust my insulin or eat the proper amount for exercise.
How does it affect the lives of people around you
If I'm in a bad mood or acting a little off, they might have to ask themselves if I'm really just in a bad mood or could I possibly be low and need some help.
Is your budget affected
Even with my insurance, testing and pump supplies are expensive and need to be paid for.
Should people feel sorry for you
Definitely not
Does it affect your job
It generally doesn't directly. I do a lot of driving as part of my job and am able to test whenever I need to.
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
Definitely yes if I had that choice to make. |
05-26-2007, 11:21 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 608
| | | Have you suffered any verbsl insults or abuse because you are a diabetic
Nope, no one would dare
How you suffered any physical abuse or harrassment
Again, no one would dare
How long have you been a diabetic for
Since 1987
Do you recieve any finacial assistance
Just what the insurance company pays
How does it affect your day-to-day life
It doesn't really
How does it affect the lives of people around you
It doesn't, some don't even know I have D
Is your budget affected
Just the copays for insulin and pump supplies
Should people feel sorry for you
**** no!
Does it affect your job
Nope, well NASA won't let me be a shuttle pilot
Would you choose not to be a diabetic
Duh!
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